An FAQ About “How Lucky,” My Novel Coming May 11

You should read it. You would like it!

I have been very careful, in these regular pieces I’ve been writing for Medium for months now, not to go over the top with the promotion of my new novel, How Lucky, which will be released by Harper Books on May 11, next Tuesday. But with publication date so soon, I’m afraid I will no longer be so careful. I apologize in advance.

I have been asked a lot of questions about the book, and while we’ll be doing a publicity tour over the next fortnight, I thought a little Frequently Asked Questions primer might come in handy. Hopefully this helps you understand what this project is, and why I think you should buy the book. If you have further questions, or you are a media person who would like to do an interview, simply email howluckythebook@gmail.com. For now: Here’s the FAQ.

What’s the book about?

I’m not particularly skilled at, or even eager to be a part of, condensing a 304-page book I wrote into one paragraph, so I will let my friends at Harper do it:

For readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Nothing to See Here, a first novel as suspenseful and funny as it is moving, the unforgettable story of a fiercely resilient young man named Daniel living with a physical disability…